Hold up positive signs for traffic or in a park for people exercising outside!

Return shopping carts for people at the grocery store.

Buy a plant. Put it in a terracotta pot. Write positive words that describe a friend on the pot. Give it to that friend!

Write a positive comment on your favorite blog, website, or a friend’s social media account.

Have a clean up party at a beach or park.

While you’re out, compliment a parent on how well-behaved their child is.

Leave a kind server the biggest tip you can afford.

When you’re throwing something away on the street, pick up any litter around you and put that in the trash too.

Pay the toll for the person behind you.

Put 50 paper hearts in a box. On each cutout write something that is special about your partner or a friend. Give them the box and tell them to pull out a heart anytime they need a pick-me-up.

Everyone is important. Learn the names of your office security guard, the person at the front desk and other people you see every day. Greet them by name. Also say “hello” to strangers and smile. These acts of kindness are so easy, and they almost always make people smile.

Write your partner a list of things you love about them.

Purchase extra dog or cat food and bring it to an animal shelter.

Find opportunities to give compliments. It costs nothing, takes no time, and could make someone’s entire day. Don’t just think it. Say it.

Take flowers or treats to the nurses’ station at your nearest hospital.

Keep an extra umbrella at work, so you can lend it out when it rains.

Send a ‘Thank you’ card or note to the officers at your local police or fire station.

Take muffins or cookies to your local librarians.

Run an errand for a family member who is busy.

Leave a box of goodies in your mailbox for your mail carrier.

Tape coins around a playground for kids to find.

Put your phone away while in the company of others.

Email or write to a former teacher who made a difference in your life.